Maria (Moyer) Schell (1775 - 1860)

Born 14 Aug 1775 in Mohawk Valley, Herkimer City, New York

Wife of Johann Heinrich Schell — married 13 Apr 1794 in Schellsbush, Herkimer County, New York

Descendants

Died 26 Sep 1860 at age 85 in Ingersoll, Oxford, Canada West

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Biography

MARIA MYERS aka MOYER. was born on 14 Aug 1775 in Schell's Bush, Herkimer, New York. She died on 26 Sep 1860 in Ingersoll, Oxford, Ontario, Canada. She was buried in West Oxford Church Cemetery, Ingersoll, Oxford, Ontario, Canada.

Maria's parents, died when she was age 2. Mary was adopted into the family and raised by her aunt and uncle, Maria Barbara Rasbach and Johannes Schell.

Johannes Schell was the uncle of Maria's future husband Johann Henrich Schell. Johannes Schell, Maria's adoptive father, was disabled. He was wounded in the left side in the Battle of Oriskany while serving as a private in the German Flatts and Kingsland District Regiment of Militia.

Maria Gerlach Meyer married April 13, 1794 in Dutch Reformed Church, Stone Arabia, Herkimer Co., New York, JOHANN HEINRICH SCHELL twin of Marcus Schell, the son of Johann Christian SCHELL and Maria Elizabetha PETRIE. Johann was born on 22 Sep 1770 in Schell's Bush, Herkimer, New York. He was christened on 10 Oct 1770 in Dutch Reformed Church, Stone Arabia, Montgomery, New York. He died on 12 Apr 1859 in Ingersoll, Oxford, Ontario, Canada. He was buried in West Oxford Church Cemetery, Ingersoll, Oxford, Ontario, Canada.

Mary died at the residence of her son, Daniel.

DEATH NOTICE: Ingersoll Chronicle Friday, October 05, 1860 Pg: 3, Col: 2 EVENT DATE: Thursday, September 27, 1860 In this place, 27th ult., Mary, relict of Mr. Henry Shell, and mother of Mr. Daniel Shell, of Ingersoll, in the 86th year of her age.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 April 2020), memorial page for Mary Moyer Schell (14 Aug 1775–26 Sep 1860), Find a Grave Memorial no. 54598255, citing West Oxford United Church Cemetery, Centreville, Oxford County Municipality, Ontario, Canada ; Maintained by Lokin4Sun (contributor 46924616) .

Buried: West Oxford United Church Cemetery Centreville, Oxford Co., Ontario

Sources

• "Canada Census, 1851," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWTX-4TD : 3 August 2016), Mary Shell, Ingersoll, Oxford County, Canada West (Ontario), Canada; citing p. 31, line 16; Library and Archives Canada film number C_11745, Public Archives, Ontario.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKR-F6TS : 11 July 2016), Mary Moyer Schell, 1860; Burial, Centreville, Oxford Municipality, Ontario, Canada, West Oxford United Church Cemetery; citing record ID 54598255, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• “SCHELL or Researches after the Descendants of John Christian Shell and John Schell” Compiled by CHRISTIAN DENISSEN, Pastor at St. Charles Church, Detroit, Michigan